North American QSO Party, CW
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 2.1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 46 24
40: 49 28
20: 25 8
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 120 60 Total Score = 7,200
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #3
Comments:
Antennas:
A3S/A743 at 15m (20m, 40m)
Shunt-fed 15m tower (80m)
Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100 w/ KAT100
Comments:
Ten years ago, encouraged by W4AN, I entered the NAQP CW. I sat in a
cold,unheated basement with my rig temporarily set up on a table,
myself wrapped up in blankets to keep warm. I had hastily put up a
low 80m dipole at about 15 feet. It was the first CW contest I had
entered in over six years. I later made the confession on CQ-Contest
that I still copied CW on paper.
That entry was a lot of hard work - 10 hours at the rig resulted in
120 QSOs - all S & P.
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Ten years later, things are very different. In just a little over 2
hours of effort, I made the same number of QSOs. All head copy, much
of it calling CQ on 40 and 80m. I have some real, if modest antennas,
and the basement shack is heated....
Lots of fun. My only regret was that my schedule only allowed me
about 2 hours to operate.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/
3830score/
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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